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"Lambing season is a fun, difficult and sleepless time. You have to stay awake during the night, can only go inside to eat and rest for short periods and you spend more time at the sheep barn than at home."
As an Icelander, bathing in geothermal springs is a very big part of our culture. It comes from living on a volcanic island, with cold harsh weather, but plenty of natural warm water around.
Ari Bragi Kárason knows nothing else than giving all he‘s got. He is Iceland‘s fastest man, boasting the record for 100 metres, but also happens to be one of the country‘s finest trumpet players.
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Katla director Baltasar Kormákur on filming in the Icelandic weather, the future, and natural power
In 2015, American wildlife conservationist and photographer Donal Boyd travelled to Iceland, where he found solace in the ability to connect with the nature in a way he had never experienced before.
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Easters in Isafjordur
Halla Mía & Haukur Sigurðsson
Return of the Sun
Halla Mía & Haukur Sigurðsson
The valley. The huts. The foxes.
Donal Boyd
Where the ice melts
Haukur Sigurðsson and Halla Mía
Ocean Missions
Ása Steinars
Hipsumhaps
Fannar Ingi Friðþjófsson
Blue Hour
Alex Strohl
Keldudalur
Haukur Sigurðsson
Music workshop in the Westfjords
Haukur Sigurðsson
Beating the path uphill
Fanney Þorbjörg Guðmundsdóttir
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You have to take chances
Baltasar Kormákur
What a time to be a volcanologist!
Helga Kristín Torfadóttir
Becoming a Westfjordian
What seems like an extreme place to most, seemed like the perfect place to call home for Wouter and Janne.
Fjord Lines
Rúnar Pétur Hjörleifsson
At Glacier's end
Chris Burkard
Carbfix
Dr. Sandra Ósk Snæbjörnsdóttir
Life at the edge of ice
Þorsteinn Roy and Svanhvít Helga Jóhannsdóttir
Turning obstacles into motivation
Elín Metta Jensen
Climb to Iceland's highest peak
Eydís María Ólafsdóttir
Skiing in Iceland
Arnaldur & Oafia
Hornstrandir 66.45°N
Ragúel Hagalínsson
SOS T-Shirt
Rurik Gislason
On time and water
Andri Snær Magnason,
Documenting change
Ragnar Axelsson
Full-time musician, part-time snowboarder
Ívar Pétur Kjartansson
Sheep herding on Breidamerkurfjall
Þorsteinn Roy Jóhannsson and Hörður Þórhallsson
All sides of Iceland in one day
Benjamin Hardman
Confident
Emilie Lilja
Unbound
Asa Steinars
A glacier retreats
Helen & Aron
Explore
Emilie & Mads
The long run
Elisabet Margeirsdottir
First eyes on Iceland
Benjamin Hardman
At the Arctic Ocean
Anton Jonas Illugason
On sea
Arnar Logi Hákonarson
Weather and age are a state of mind
Asdis Karlsdottir
The other Flatey
Björk Brynjars